PSEUDOHEMOPHILIA
Authors: P. W. C.
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1947)

Editorial1 March 1947PSEUDOHEMOPHILIAP. W. C.P. W. C.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-26-3-459 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptHemorrhagic diseases present a complicated problem, and there is still much uncertainty regarding the fundamental nature and relationship of many of the cases showing such disorders. This may be attributed in part to the number and complexity of the factors involved in hemostasis and to their variability, as well as to the inadequacy, cumbersome nature and relative lack of precision of many of the laboratory procedures available for their investigation. Variations in technic in the hands of different workers have also been confusing.It has been customary to classify cases of hemorrhagic disease into three main groups according to their...1 GLANZMANN E: Hereditäre hämorrhagische Thrombasthenie. Ein Beitrag zur Pathologie der Blutplättchen, Jahrb. d. Kinderh., 1918, lxxxviii, 1-42, 113-141. Google Scholar2 Glanzmann's article has been misquoted in many journal articles and textbooks in stating that the bleeding time was prolonged. If a few cases of typical thrombocytopenic purpura, so diagnosed by Glanzmann, are disregarded, the bleeding time in all his cases is recorded as normal. Google Scholar3 KRÖMECKE F: Zur Frage der hereditären hämorrhagischen Diathese (Thrombasthenie), Deutsch. med. Wchnschr., 1922, xlviii, 1102-1105. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4 ZANDE FV: Pseudohemophilia, Nederl. tijdschr. v. geneesk., 1923, lxvii, 544-553. Google Scholar5 V. WILLEBRANDJÜRGENS EAR: Über ein neues vererbbares Blutungsübel: Die konstitutionelle Thrombopathie, Deutsch. Arch. klin. Med., 1933, clxxv, 453-583. Google Scholar6 ESTRENMÉDALDAMESHEK SLSW: Pseudohemophilia, Blood, 1946, i, 504-533. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7 MINOT GR: A familial hemorrhagic condition associated with prolongation of the bleeding time, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1928, clxxv, 301-306. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8 LITTLEAYRES WDWW: Hemorrhagic disease: familial bleeding tendency of unusual type with splenomegaly, affecting and transmitted by both males and females, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1928, xci, 1251-1252. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9 GEIGEREVANS AEG: Atypical hereditary hemorrhagic syndromes, Internat. Clin., 1938, ii, 135-157. Google Scholar10 MACFARLANE RG: Critical review: The mechanism of hemostasis, Quart. Jr. Med., 1941, x, 1-29. Google Scholar11 PERKINS W: Pseudohemophilia: Case study, Blood, 1946, i, 497-503. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12 LEVY L: Non-hemophilic hereditary hemorrhagic diathesis: Report of a family of bleeders, Ann. Int. Med., in press. Google Scholar13 CRONKITELOZNER EPEL: Hereditary hemorrhagic thrombasthenia with severe posthemorrhoidectomy hemorrhage, U. S. Naval Med. Bull., 1944, xlii, 161-164. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited by�ber Pseudoh�mophilie, Angioh�mophilie, v. Willebrand-J�rgenssche Krankheit und verwandte h�morrhagische DiathesenBlood dyscrasia in otolaryngologyThe Problem of Essential Thrombocytopenic PurpuraRecent Advances in Hematology 1 March 1947Volume 26, Issue 3Page: 459-464KeywordsHemostasisResearch laboratories Issue Published: 1 March 1947 PDF downloadLoading ...